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The islands’ famous spicy soupkallaloo has as many spellings as ingredients. With greens, usually spinach or whatever’s available, as its base, the soup also includes a generous dose of okra, maybe ham or fish, and of course, whatever seasonings the cook likes to use.

Hanging out. When you go out on Friday nights, you don’t go anywhere special. You’re goinglimin’ .

Caribbean lobsters lack the claws of their northern cousins, but they’re still a sweet, succulent seafood, served in several ways in the Virgin Islands. The simplest lobster dish, just drizzled with melted butter and served in the shell, may be the best, but many people prefer it stuffed with crabmeat.

A half-mile (1-km) swim, 14-mile (22-km) bike ride up and downhill from Maho Bay to Cruz Bay and on to Annaberg plus a 4-mile (6-km) run mark this annual early September event, held at Maho Bay and in Coral Bay. A good spectator event.

A spicy drink,maubi is fermented frommaubi bark with generous helpings of sugar, dried orange peel, cinnamon, and cloves added. It’s an acquired taste, and folks either love it or hate it.Maubi is found on the menu only at local restaurants.

A generic phrase inserted in sentences. I had to walk miles,meh son , and it was very tough.

Gossip or rumor. The rumor mills run overtime in the islands, with residents taking to radio talk shows to air the latestmelee .

The Barbados-based Mount Gay has many varieties, but its Eclipse is most often found on island shelves.

Of its numerous rum varieties, the Jamaican Myer’s Dark is one of the most popular with rum connoisseurs.

Usually served boiled with onions and spices, ole wife is officially called triggerfish or moonfish. Most cooks just take a little of this and some of that to conjure up their version of this tasty catch of the day.